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• Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
  • Kingdom: Animalia () - C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
    • Subkingdom: Bilateria () - (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
      • Branch: Deuterostomia () - Grobben, 1908
        • Infrakingdom: Chordonia () - (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
          • Phylum: Chordata () - Bateson, 1885 - Chordates
            • Subphylum: Vertebrata () - Cuvier, 1812 - Vertebrates
              • Infraphylum: Gnathostomata () - auct. - Jawed Vertebrates
                • Superclass: Osteichthyes () - Huxley, 1880
                  • Class: Osteichthyes () - Huxley, 1880
                    • Subclass: Actinopterygii ()
                      • Infraclass: Actinopteri ()
                        • Cohort: Clupeocephala ()
                          • Order: Clupeiformes ()
                            • Suborder: Clupeoidei () -  
                              • Family: Engraulidae ()
                                • Genus: Anchoa () - Jordan & Evermann, 1927
                                  • Specific name: colonensis - Hildebrand, 1943
                                    • Form: n in shallow waters close to shore. Probably si
                                      • Scientific name: - the United states, Canada, and Mexico Sixth Edition. Special Publication 29.
                                      • Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Name Status: Accepted Name .
                                        
                                        Last scrutiny: Data last modified by FishBase 09-Jul-1994

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                                        Members of the genus Anchoa

                                        ZipcodeZoo has pages for 43 species and subspecies in this genus:

                                        A. analis (Longfin Pacific Anchovy) · A. argenteus (Anchovy) · A. argentivittata (Silverstripe Anchovy) · A. belizensis (Belize Anchovy) · A. cayorum (Key Anchovy) · A. chamensis (Chame Point Anchovy) · A. choerostoma (Hogmouth Anchovy) · A. colonensis (Narrow-Striped Anchovy) · A. compressa (Deepbodied Sardinella) · A. cubana (False Goats Beard) · A. curta (Short Anchovy) · A. delicatissima (Slough Anchovy) · A. duodecim (New Jersey Anchovy) · A. eigenmannia (Eigenmann's Anchovy (FB)) · A. exigua (Anchovy) · A. filifera (Longfinger Anchovy) · A. ginsburgi (Narrow-Striped Anchovy) · A. helleri (Heller's Anchovy (FB)) · A. hepsetus (Anchovy) · A. hepsetus colonensis (Narrow-Striped Anchovy) · A. hepsetus hepsetus (Broad-Striped Anchovy) · A. ischana (Anchovy) · A. januaria (Rio Anchovy) · A. lamprotaenia (Anchovy) · A. lucida (Brigham´s Snapper Fish) · A. lyolepis (Spotcheeked Ghostfish) · A. marinii (Marini's Anchovy) · A. mitchilli (Common Anchovy) · A. mitchilli mitchilli (Common Anchovy) · A. mundeola (False Panama Anchovy) · A. mundeoloides (Northern Gulf Anchovy) · A. naso (Longnose Anchovy) · A. nasus (Bigmouth Sleeper) · A. nasuta (Scofield's Anchovy) · A. panamensis (Anchovy) · A. parva (Little Anchovy) · A. pectoralis (Bigeyed Grouper) · A. scofieldi (Scofield's Anchovy (FB)) · A. spinifer (Spicule Anchovy) · A. starksi (Starks's Anchovy (FB)) · A. tricolor (Piquitinga Anchovy) · A. trinitatis (Trinidad Anchovy) · A. walkeri (Persistent Anchovy)

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                                        Further Reading

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                                        • Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes 2003. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada.
                                        • Cervigón, F., R. Cipriani, W. Fischer, L. Garibaldi, M. Hendrickx, A.J. Lemus, R. Márquez, J.M. Poutiers, G. Robaina and B. Rodriguez (1992). Fichas FAO de identificación de especies para los fines de la pesca. Guía de campo de las especies comerciales marinas y de aquas salobres de la costa septentrional de Sur América. FAO, Rome. 513 p. Preparado con el financiamento de la Comisión de Comunidades Europeas y de NORAD.
                                        • Eschmeyer, William N., ed. 1998. Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco, California, USA. 2905. ISBN: 0-940228-47-5.
                                        • Whitehead, P.J.P., G.J. Nelson and T. Wongratana (1988). FAO species catalogue. Vol. 7. Clupeoid fishes of the world (Suborder Clupeoidei). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of the herrings, sardines, pilchards, sprats, shads, anchovies and wolf-her
                                        • Whitehead, Peter J. P., Gareth J. Nelson, and Thosaporn Wongratana 1988. Clupeoid Fishes of the World (Suborder Clupeoidei): An Annotated and Illustrated Catalogue of the Herrings, Sardines, Pilchards, Sprats, Shads, Anchovies and Wolf-herrings: Part 2 - Engraulididae. FAO Fisheries Synopsis, no. 125, vol. 7, pt. 2. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Rome, Italy. vii + 305-579. ISBN: 92-5-102667-X.

                                        Notes

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                                        Contributors

                                        • Allen, Gerald R. (from FishBase).
                                        • American Fisheries Society. Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United states, Canada, and Mexico Sixth Edition. Special Publication 29.
                                        • Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
                                        • Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
                                        • FishBase 2006.
                                        • FishBase. Release date: January 5, 2010
                                        • Froese, R., and D. Pauly. FishBase 2004. International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management.
                                        • Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 01, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
                                        • Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.

                                        Data Sources

                                        Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 01, 2008:
                                        
                                        

                                        • FishBase: FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server
                                        • Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University: MCZ Fish Collection

                                        Identifiers

                                        • Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 119860
                                        • Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-29630
                                        • Fishbase Species ID: 1685
                                        • Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 551358
                                        • Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 102021

                                        Footnotes

                                        1. Mean = -163.820 meters (-537.467 feet), Standard Deviation = 404.070 based on 11 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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